Based on a comment to the previous blog post, we looked at degree attainment rates for the other income quintiles and put together a graph comparing degree attainment across multiple income quintiles. As suggested in the comment, higher income groups do have higher degree success rates, but those rates are still low.

(There are not enough students in the 5th income group to do this analysis, but it is likely that most higher income students fall in the “No FAFSA Submitted” group.)

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